[MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras

Egnos

@bhepler thanks for the answer.
I thought it was just my problem.
I found the link on the gitHub page.
The developer recommends using this link for testing and I thought it worked.

Do you know any public links to test the module?

Regards.

evroom

Try this link:

rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

Egnos

Many thanks @evroom, the link works in VLC but still doesn’t work in MM.

Below what I see on the terminal:

[10:58:31.986] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
[10:58:32.033] [LOG]    Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
[10:58:43.404] [LOG]    PM2 started for omx_stream1

Are there any errors in config.js?

		{
		   module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
		   //position: "middle_center",
		   pages: {Security: "middle_center"},
		   header: "Test",
		   config: {
				autoStart: true,
				rotateStreams: false,
				rotateStreamTimeout: 10,
				moduleWidth: 354,
				moduleHeight: 240,
				localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
				remotePlayer: 'none',
				showSnapWhenPaused: false,
				remoteSnaps: false,
				stream1: {
					name: 'BigBuckBunny',
					url: 'rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
					frameRate: 'undefined',
					width: undefined,
					height: undefined,
						},
					}
		},

Thanks for your patience!

evroom

@Egnos said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

the link works in VLC but still doesn’t work in MM

Hi,

What does this say ?

pm2 logs --lines 100

The part where you should see

0|MagicMirror  | Starting stream stream1 with args: [

And

pm2 status

should show

omx_stream1

And can you try it from the command line ?

omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 354 240" rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

Egnos

Hi @evroom ,

@evroom said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

What does this say ?
pm2 logs --lines 100

I never posted this …!

I launched the command on the terminal you recommended but I still don’t see anything, here is the result:

pi@MagicMirror:~ $ omxplayer --genlog --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --win "0 0 354 240" rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
Video codec omx-h264 width 240 height 160 profile 578 fps 30.000000
Audio codec aac channels 2 samplerate 12000 bitspersample 16
Subtitle count: 0, state: off, index: 1, delay: 0
V:PortSettingsChanged: 240x160@30.00 interlace:0 deinterlace:0 anaglyph:0 par:1.00 display:0 layer:0 alpha:255 aspectMode:0

And this the log “omxplayer.log”:
omxplayer.log

I paste all the info that the MM prints on the terminal:

> magicmirror@2.10.1 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> ./run-start.sh

[19:45:33.744] [LOG]    Starting MagicMirror: v2.10.1
[19:45:33.792] [LOG]    Loading config ...
[19:45:33.805] [LOG]    Loading module helpers ...
[19:45:37.253] [LOG]    Initializing new module helper ...
[19:45:37.255] [LOG]    Module helper loaded: MMM-RTSPStream
[19:45:37.256] [LOG]    All module helpers loaded.
[19:45:37.257] [LOG]    Starting server on port 8080 ... 
[19:45:37.346] [LOG]    Server started ...
[19:45:37.348] [LOG]    Connecting socket for: MMM-RTSPStream
[19:45:37.350] [LOG]    PM2: Stopping all OMXPlayer Streams...
[19:45:37.352] [LOG]    Sockets connected & modules started ...
[19:45:38.246] [LOG]    Launching application.
[19:45:46.329] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov
[19:45:46.426] [LOG]    Starting PM2 for omx_stream1
[19:45:53.630] [LOG]    PM2 started for omx_stream1

I don’t understand what’s missing…

evroom

@Egnos said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

I don’t understand what’s missing…

It does look good.

In principle, the line from the pm2 log

[19:45:46.329] [LOG]    Starting stream stream1 using: omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

should work as standalone.
If it does not play standalone, so from the command line, then it will not work in MMM-RTSPStream.

I would disable the module and make sure nothing is running anymore (no omxplayer stuff).

module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
disabled: true,

pm2 restart mm
pm2 status

Make sure ‘omx_stream1’ is not present.
Stop it when necessary

pm2 stop omx_stream1
pm2 delete omx_stream1

ps -eaf | grep -v grep | grep omxplayer

Kill any omxplayer process (kill -9 ).

Then run omxplayer from command line:

omxplayer --avdict rtsp_transport:tcp --win 786,238,1138,480 --live --video_queue 4 --fps 30 --no-osd rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov

evroom

@Egnos said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Are there any errors in config.js?

This is my config that works.
I think the only real difference is the omxRestart entry.

{
  module: "MMM-RTSPStream",
  disabled: false,
  position: "bottom_right",
  header: "MMM-RTSPStream Test",
  config: {
    autoStart: true,
    omxRestart: 1,
    rotateStreams: false,
    moduleWidth: "352px", // Width in px of the module.
    moduleHeight: "240px", // Height in px of the module.
    localPlayer: 'omxplayer',
    remotePlayer: 'none',
    showSnapWhenPaused: false,
    remoteSnaps: false,
    stream1: {
      name: 'BigBuckBunny',
      url: 'rtsp://wowzaec2demo.streamlock.net/vod/mp4:BigBuckBunny_115k.mov',
      frameRate: "25",
      protocol: "tcp",
      width: "352px", // The width in px of the stream.
      height: "240px", // The height in px of the stream.
    }
  }
},

Egnos

@evroom many thanks!
I don’t know why but now I’m viewing the video in MM.
I haven’t touched anything!

Egnos

@evroom I finally understood what the problem is … that is VNC.
I use VNC to connect with the Raspberry PI and for some reason, using the VNC interface, the player is not displayed!
If instead I turn on the monitor where the Raspberry PI is physically connected I magically see the streaming … whether I run the command from the terminal or with the MM.

Can you explain this behavior?

evroom

@Egnos said in [MMM-RTSPStream] - Video Streaming from Live Feeds & Security Cameras:

Can you explain this behavior?

No, I cannot explain this, but I noticed it too.
No video over the VNC connection.

When I google, I see this recommendation:

Open VNC Server>Options>Troubleshooting. Then make sure "enable experimental direct capture mode is checked.

You might give it a try.